Kimball Elementary School

Kimball Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in SEATTLE, Washington, run under Seattle School District No. 1, works with 384 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Seattle School District No. 1, which oversees 107 schools and 50,773 students, Kimball Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Kimball Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 25%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Black, 19% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 13% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kimball Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 41.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (King County) logs that median household earnings sit near $124,746, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Kimball Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin High School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kimball Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Kimball Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 443 (now 384). The Asian share of enrollment decreased from 28% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.